Le Touquet

Le Touquet  is a fashionable seaside resort in Hauts-de-France. The town is also known as Le Touquet-Paris-Plage indicating its popularity with affluent visitors from Paris.

By plane
Le Touquet has an airport for small private and chartered planes as well as a scheduled passenger service from Lydd Airport in Romney Marsh, England.

Larger airports in the region are Beauvais–Tillé Airport and Lille Lesquin International Airport. Most international flights are likely to land in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport or Brussels-National Zaventem Airport

By train
Le Touquet is easily reachable by train: 2 hr 33 from Paris Gare du Nord, for €30–40; 2 hr 05 from Lille, for €30–€40; And 50 min from Calais, for €11.90. SNCF website

By car
Le Touquet is from Paris (2½ hr drive),  from Lille (2 hr drive), and  from Calais (1 hr drive).

A16 L'Européenne motorway, exit at Junction 26. Then 8 km west on the D939 via Étaples. The town centre is approached through a wooded area that surrounds the town. There are several by the beach.

Get around
The town centre and seafront are easily walkable. You may prefer to use a car for travelling to some outlining attractions.

Several taxi services are available:

Historic monuments
Le Touquet has 21 registered historic monuments, including 16 villas.



Sleep
There are many hotels in the town. The large 5-star hotels, such as Hotel Westminster and Holiday Inn, are located at the rear of the town. There are also two hotels, Novotel and Ibis, located at the southern end of the beach overlooking the sea.



Connect
Most hotels offer free Wi-Fi.

Area codes for landline phones of Le Touquet are +33 3 21 05 and +33 3 21 06.

Postal services:

Go next

 * There are a number of other beach resorts on this stretch of coast, such as Berck and Neufchâtel-Hardelot.
 * Boulogne-sur-Mer — : 45 minutes' drive to the north via A16 L'Européenne motorway.
 * Montreuil is an historic walled town; it is inland and worth a visit: 25 minutes' drive to the east on the D939 road.